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MILAN, Feb 21 — Six people have tested positive in Italy for Covid-19, the northern Lombardy region said today, in the first known cases of local transmission of the potentially deadly illness in the country. Officials told residents from three small towns some 60km south-east of Italy’s...

Friday, 21 Feb 2020 07:27 PM MYT

Officials told residents from three small towns some 60km south-east of Italy’s financial capital Milan, to stay at home as doctors tested hundreds of people who might have come into contact with the six Covid-19 sufferers. The pregnant wife of the initial patient and one of his friends were also infected, along with three other people who were admitted to hospital overnight suffering from pneumonia-like symptoms.

“Most of the contacts of those who tested positive for coronavirus have been identified and subjected to the necessary tests and measures,” the region said in a statement.

 

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